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LOCAL PAWNSHOP TEST CASE

Claim For Return Of Property

SAFE ROBBED LAST NIGHT

Accountant Bound And Gagged

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 8, 1937.

SOCIALISTS FEAR CONSCRIPTION.

Would Mean End Of Party

In the nature of a test case be- Robbers entered the ground floor Fears that conscription would mean cause the issue involves other of No. 4, Kwan Yick Street, short-the end of the Socialist movement pawnshops, a claim for the return ly after midnight and stole from a ference in Manchester of the Univer- were expressed at the annual con- of materials was heard before Mr. safe some 3$890.. Justice J. J. Hayden in the Sum- mary Court this morning.

sity Labour Federation.

class

In a report to the police, Ng Mr. M. Hodgart (Cambridge) de- Mow-yee, accountant of the Cheungclared that in the near future the Chau Sheung-chi, trading as the Ah Disinfecting Company, said that Government was likely to introduce a Lo Hing Company, brought action several men entered the premises conscription bill. The working

had not joined the Army but now against the Yuen On Pawnship, of while he was asleep and held his would be forced to do so. 57, Queen's Road Central, for the hands. He was struck on the head "If conscription goes through,” he return of 27 pieces of khaki and with a chopper several times re-added, "there will be по Labour two pieces of white shirting and ceiving slight injuries. There were Labour party left to take power. We movement in this country", and ΠΟ claimed $100 for their detention. five men altogether one was armed shall probably hold our next confer-

"Mr. F. I. Zimmern appeared for with a dagger.

ence very deeply underground.” the plaintiff and Mr. G. S. Hughe- They took the keys of the safe Jones was for the defence.

from him, bound and gagged him Mr. Zimmern stated that plain-and turned his face against the tiff was in business as a shirtmak-wall and he was told to keep quiet èr and tailor. In August last he Later he was released by a Indian handed materials to a man named constable who was informed of the Ho Kai to be made up into shirts robbery by some fokis. as he was then too busy to do it himself.

"A few days later, certain pawn- tickets were received by him ap- parently sent by Ho Kai.

The police said that they could do nothing and plaintiff according- ly consulted. Mr. Zimmern who claimed the return of the goods on the grounds that plaintiff was the rightful owner."

UNDER SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT

Forecast By Labour. Leader

Mr. C. R. Attlee, leader of the The following day a letter was Socialist Opposition, speaking at a received from Messrs. P. H. Sin luncheon of the British Railway and Company, representing de- Stockholders' Union in London, said: fendant, stating that the goods

"When we come in, we intend to take would not be returned unless the

over all transport.”

Mr. W. Shebbeare, ex-chairman of Oxford University Socialist Club, re the Labour party is making a great ferring to Germany, said, "I think mistake in not recognising mense war danger,”

the in-

The P. and O. s.s. "Shirala" left Kobe for this Port on Saturday and is due here on Friday morning.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

HONG KONG CRICKET CLUB TENNIS TOURNAMENT

LOSING DATE for entries has been extended to SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1937 at 6 pm

A. K. MACKENZIE,

Hon. Secretary. Hong Kong, 8th. Feb., 1937.

He thought, however, that a Social-13th pawn-tickets were produced and in-ist Government would give proper

terest paid.

The case was adjourned.

BRITISH "ALIEN”

CITIZENS

4,000,000 IN FOREIGN LANDS

compensation.

"Some might describe

me as a

wolf in the sheep fold," he declared. "But I come among you as a shepherd of the sheep. All I want to do is to take you from your old fold in to a new fold.

"I have not told you how much you will get shorn when you get there. You get shorn pretty regularly every time, and there is another budget coming in a few months when you may get shorn once again”

of England

Great Britain has a far larger

Mr. Attlee described the stockhold- number of her citizens abroad than lethal side of the transport activities ers as representatives of the "less any other country. This fact is re- vealed by the International Labour Office's first compilation and analysis of census figures relating to aliens. ways in the competition in which the number of British they were engaged with other forms citizens resident in other countries

of transport, they at any rate killed

In 1930

Whatever was said against our rail-

was 4,115,049, Germany came next fewer people.

were

with 2,250,099, and then France with 1,717,876. In 1910 there 4,685,091 Britons abroad.

The American continent receives the largest number of British citizens. The percentage there rose from 75 in 1910 to 80 in 1930. After America, Oceania the island region of the Pacific and adjoining seas takes most British, although the percentage drop- ped from 18 in 1910 to 9 in 1930.

Fewer Alien

The number of aliens in the world. from the point of view of countries

"We should like to make your securities more secure,” he said. “We should like to türn you into holders of shares in the community rather than the railway companies and that is what we intend to do.”

HUANG MO-SUNG QUITE WELL AGAIN

Canton, To-day. General Huang Mo-sung, Chair-

Te-

of residence, has decreased from man of the Kwangtung Provincial 33,200,000 in 1910 to 28,900,000 in Government, has completely 1930, although the estimated world covered from his indisposition and population has risen from 1,620,000,- has returned to Canton from the 000 to 2,000,000,000.--

Our Own

Correspondent.

In 1910 Germany and France, of Chungfa District the 17 chief European countries, had esch about one-quarter of the aliens in the Continent 25.8 per cent. and

26.5 per cent, respectively, while

Britain was fifth in order with 7.8 per cent. By 1930 France's percent-

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France's Big Proportion

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Our Own Correspondent.

Switzerland is the European coun- try with the largest proportion of aliens in its population. In 1880 it Teang Kam, employed on HMS. had 74 aliens per 1,000 inhabitants. Adventure, was according to a Pc- The rate rose to 148 in 1910, but has lice report, taken to the Govern- since fallen steadily to 87 in 1930 ment Civil Hospital on Saturday in Britain's alien rate per thousand of the population was four in 1881. It an unconscious condition through had risen to seven by 1910, and then taking t many-Aspro tablets to fell zlowly again to four in 1980. relieve pain.

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